Andrew McMenemy, who would have seen his idol perform for the 150th time, reached the M6 around 3pm thinking he would arrive with time to spare - but as soon as he attempted to get into Manchester he became stuck in traffic jams.

The music fan became trapped on the M602 for an hour and 45 minutes. By the time he reached the Regent Road roundabout he realised he had missed the start of the gig.

Andrew, who has travelled as far afield as Australia and South Africa to see The Boss, decided to turn back home.

He told the M.E.N: “I am an absolutely huge fan. If I had continued I would not have got there much before 8.30pm by which time an hour and 45 minutes of the show had passed, it didn’t appeal at that stage.

“My life has been dedicated to seeing him. I have never missed a British show since 1985. That’s difficult to take.

“It would have been my 150th show. It has been 31 years since I first saw him in 1985.

“I was looking forward to seeing him in Manchester. Although I am not from here, I’m from Grimsby, it is a special city for me.

His daughter Rhiann Heyes said: “He finally got into the stadium at 8:45pm, missing two hours of the concert and Bruce went off at 10pm.

“So sadly his £85 ticket only got him a small snippet of what I’m sure was an epic three and a half hour show. Dad is obviously gutted as he’d been looking forward to the gig for ages and is such a huge fan.”

Stephen Rhodes, TfGM Customer Operations Director, said: “We’re very sorry for any inconvenience and delays caused to passengers by a number of unrelated incidents on the Metrolink network yesterday evening.

“While services were disrupted we arranged for Metrolink tickets to be accepted on local bus services, staff at stops gave passengers information on designated walking routes and we provided regular updates on the Metrolink website and through the @MCRMetrolink and @OfficialTfGM Twitter feeds.”